Hexaware Error Identification Quiz 1

Answer:- No error
There is no grammar error in this sentence.

Answer:- that she had been avoiding me

I have observed over the past few days that she has been avoiding me and not talking to me.

“Had been” is used to indicate an action that began and ended in the past. Here in the sentence, there is no indication that the action of avoiding the person has ended, and is most probably still going on. Therefore we use “has been” as it indicates an action that is still going on.

Answer:- RMS Titanic drowned

RMS Titanic sank

Drowning means when an object is suffocating and dying underwater while sinking means when an object is submerged below the liquid surface. A ship clearly cannot drown as it cannot suffocate and die. Here we use sank to agree with the tense.

Answer:- As he began to make deep discoveries of his own

As he begins to make deep discoveries of his own.

The entire sentence is in the present tense while began is in the past tense. The verb should be ‘begins.’

Answer:- was hours in a recording session

was hours into a recording session

Into is used when something is already going on, as here the recording session is going on. “in” is used when something is almost nearing the end.

Answer:- a rusty train that would take us even further south,

a rusty train that would take us even farther south,

Both further and farther are used when referring to distance. However, farther is used when talking about literal distance, in this case, the distance towards the city, further is for literal conversation.

Answer:- must had given Shaila hope

must have given Shaila hope

Had is used when talking about something in the past tense. Here, the sentence is in present tense which is evident from the use of ‘now’, hence we should use have.

Answer:- about to start moved

about to start moving

Here moved is in the past tense, which is not correct with respect to the sentence. This should be moving, because we see that the movement of the train was about to start, hence it was about to gain pace or start a continuity. So a continuous tense must be used.

Answer:- were cheating in the exam

Was cheating in the exam

Since we are talking about only one student among a group of students we will use the singular term “was” not “were”, which is plural.

Answer:- of their original population
of its original population

Since we are talking about the city as one entity, we use the pronoun “its” which is singular and not “their” which is a plural pronoun.